Do You Have Peeing Issues? These Foods And Drinks May Be To Blame.
Ekspansio via Getty Images The acid in citrus can exacerbate bladder symptoms. You’re likely familiar with foods that aren’t good for your heart. But when it comes to your bladder, it’s possible that you haven’t considered the correlation between diet and peeing. Unless you’ve had a urinary tract infection, suffered from a leaky bladder, or […]
9 Things Dentists Would Never, Ever Do To Their Teeth
hobo_018 via Getty Images You likely know that skipping brushing and flossing can harm your teeth, but dentists say chewing ice, using a toothbrush with too-hard bristles and biting your nails can be damaging as well. Brushing, flossing and visiting the dentist regularly — we all know the pillars of good dental hygiene. But knowing […]
Youngest children in class with ADHD as likely to keep diagnosis in adulthood as older pupils, find scientists
Children who are the youngest in their class to be identified with ADHD are just as likely to keep the diagnosis as older pupils in their year group, scientists have found. Experts from the University of Southampton and Paris Nanterre University, working with researchers worldwide, made the discovery after examining data from thousands of patients […]
NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults
Nurse practitioners were no more likely than physicians to inappropriately prescribe medications to older patients, researchers found. In an analysis of Medicare Part D claims, the mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs and primary care doctors were “virtually identical” at adjusted rates of 1.66 and 1.68 per 100 prescriptions, David Studdert, LLB, ScD, of […]
Adults with ADHD are at increased risk for developing dementia
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than adults without ADHD, according to a Rutgers study. The study, coauthored by Michal Schnaider Beeri, director of the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) was published in JAMA Network Open. It followed […]
Smoking-Related Metabolic Changes Partly Drive Type 2 Diabetes Risk
HAMBURG, Germany — Smokers were more likely to have a specific metabolic signature that mediated their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a researcher reported here. In a study of nearly 94,000 people in the U.K. Biobank, smoking was tied with a 73% higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes compared with no smoking (HR […]
Do You Have Peeing Issues? These Foods And Drinks May Be To Blame.
Ekspansio via Getty Images The acid in citrus can exacerbate bladder symptoms. You’re likely familiar with foods that aren’t good for your heart. But when it comes to your bladder, it’s possible that you haven’t considered the correlation between diet and peeing. Unless you’ve had a urinary tract infection, suffered from a leaky bladder, or […]
Tool Predicts PsA Progression From Psoriasis, No Fancy Biomarkers Needed
A risk-prediction algorithm was modestly accurate for identifying patients with psoriasis who are likely to progress to psoriatic arthritis (PsA), researchers reported. Based on patients’ demographics and clinical presentations routinely assessed during office visits, the model was about 72% effective in predicting 1-year risk of progression, and 75% effective (using slightly different input data) for […]
4 Surprising Ways Stress Is Showing Up In Your Sleep
It’ll come as no surprise that stress can really impact how you sleep (or, more likely, don’t sleep). But it may be surprising just how many ways sleep can impact your sleep — from behaviors that occur when you finally do get some shut-eye to how many Zzzs you actually get at night. Advertisement Below, […]
Infant Boys Better at Resisting HIV Than Girls?
BRISBANE, Australia — Infant boys appeared more likely than girls to be able to resist in utero vertical transmission of HIV, even when their mothers had less than optimal antiretroviral therapy, a longitudinal study showed. Of 281 mother-child pairs, five babies — all boys — had persistently undetectable HIV viral loads even when they were […]